FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 6, 2019‘I knew that was going to happen:’ Déjà vu and the ‘postdictive’ biasWhen intense feelings of prediction accompanied deja vu, they were strongly correlated with feelings of postdiction. High degrees of familiarity that accompany deja vu also carry through to postdictive bias. Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 20, 2017Familiar Faces Look Happier Than Unfamiliar OnesA new study reveals that people tend to perceive familiar faces as looking happier than those they are not familiar with. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 30, 2015Taking Control of a Rat’s Sense of Familiarity and NoveltyResearchers take control of rats' brains to induce the animals to behave as those new images were familiar and old images were novel, a new study reports. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 13, 2015Learning New Information is Easier When it is Composed of Familiar ElementsAccording to a new study, familiarity plays a crucial role in memory and learning. Read More
